Telemedicine platform for location-based provider screening and referral

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed herein for a telemedicine platform for location-based provider screening and referral. The systems and methods can include a computing device that can receive patient data, such as patient biographical information and medical information, and image data, such as photographs of a spot on the patient's skin, from a patient computing device. The computing device can determine the geolocation of the patient computing device and assign the patient to a medical referral site based on the geolocation. The computing device can send a notification to a medical provider's computing device indicating that the patient's uploaded data is ready to be reviewed and provide access to the patient data. The provider can input case information via the provider's computing device to send to the computing device. The computing device can generate a case summary report with the patient data, image data, and case information and send the case summary report to the referral site.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A computer-implemented method for a telemedicine platform for location-based provider screening and referral, comprising:
 receiving, by a computing device, patient data and image data from a patient computing device associated with a patient;   determining, by the computing device, a geolocation of the patient computing device;   assigning, by the computing device, the patient to a referral entity based on the geolocation of the patient computing device;   providing, by the computing device based on the geolocation of the patient computing device, a first provider computing device associated with a first provider with access to the patient data and the image data;   receiving, by the computing device, case data from the first provider computing device;   generating, by the computing device, a report based at least in part on the patient data, the image data, and the case data; and   sending, by the computing device, the report to the referral entity based on the case data.   
     
     
         2 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 prior to receiving the case data from the first provider computing device, determining that more than a predetermined amount of time has passed since the patient data and the image data were received from the patient computing device;   determining that the case data has not been received from the first provider computing device; and   providing a second provider computing device associated with a supervisory provider with access to the patient data and the image data.   
     
     
         3 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 2 , further comprising:
 determining that the first provider has a provider quality assurance rating below a predetermined threshold; and   setting the first provider on a probation status.   
     
     
         4 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 generating a notification indicating that a case has been assigned to the first provider; and   sending the notification to the first provider computing device.   
     
     
         5 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein assigning the patient to the referral entity based on the geolocation of the patient computing device comprises:
 identifying, based on the geolocation of the patient computing device, one or more referral entities located within a predetermined distance from the geolocation;   receiving one or more referral entity ratings each associated with one of the one or more referral entities; and   selecting the referral entity based on the referral entity rating associated with the referral entity, wherein the selected referral entity is the highest rated of the one or more referral entities based on the referral entity ratings.   
     
     
         6 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein assigning the patient to the referral entity based on the geolocation of the patient computing device comprises:
 identifying, based on the geolocation of the patient computing device, one or more referral entities located within a predetermined distance from the geolocation;   determining that a preferred referral entity selected by the patient is one of the one or more referral entities; and   obtaining, from a database configured to store information associated with the one or more referral entities, information associated with the preferred referral entity;   wherein sending the report to the referral entity comprises sending the report to the preferred referral entity.   
     
     
         7 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein assigning the patient to the referral entity based on the geolocation of the patient computing device comprises:
 identifying, based on the geolocation of the patient computing device, one or more referral entities located within a predetermined distance from the geolocation;   determining that a preferred referral entity selected by the patient is one of the one or more referral entities;   determining that the preferred referral entity is not in a database configured to store information associated with the one or more referral entities; and   adding an entry to the database, the entry comprising information associated with the preferred referral entity;   wherein sending the report to the referral entity comprises sending the report to the preferred referral entity.   
     
     
         8 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 prior to providing the first provider computing device with access to the patient data and the image data,
 receiving a schedule from each of a plurality of provider computing devices including the first provider computing device, each provider computing device associated with a provider of a plurality of providers, wherein each respective schedule identifies an availability of a provider associated with the respective schedule; 
 receiving one or more provider ratings each associated with one of the plurality of providers; and 
 selecting the first provider from the plurality of providers based on the provider ratings associated with the plurality of providers, wherein the selected provider is the highest rated of the plurality of providers based on the provider ratings and is available based on the availability of the provider. 
   
     
     
         9 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 8 , wherein the provider rating associated with each of the plurality of providers comprises a provider quality assurance rating for each provider of the plurality of providers, wherein the provider quality assurance rating is based on timeliness of a provider associated with the provider quality assurance rating. 
     
     
         10 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 8 , wherein the rating associated with each of the plurality of providers comprises a provider quality assurance rating for each provider of the plurality of providers, wherein the provider quality assurance rating is further based on an adherence of a provider associated with the provider quality assurance rating to a quality assurance review. 
     
     
         11 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein generating the report based at least in part on the patient data, the image data, and the case data comprises:
 generating a color-coded disposition based on a case disposition included in the case data;   creating the report based at least in part on the patient data, the image data, and the case data, wherein the report includes at least a portion of the patient data, the image data, and the case data; and   determining whether to send the report to the referral entity based on the color-coded disposition.   
     
     
         12 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein the report is sent to the referral entity within a predetermined amount of time after the patient data and the image data are received from the patient computing device. 
     
     
         13 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein the patient data comprises one or more of biographical information, medical history, or symptoms of the patient associated with the patient computing device. 
     
     
         14 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein the image data comprises one or more photographs of a spot on the patient's skin captured by a camera of the patient computing device. 
     
     
         15 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein the case data comprises one or more of provider information associated with the provider, comments from the provider, or a case disposition. 
     
     
         16 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 sending the patient data and the image data to a database configured to store the patient data and the image data.   
     
     
         17 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein the referral entity is selected by the patient. 
     
     
         18 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein the provider is different from the referral entity. 
     
     
         19 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having executable instructions stored thereon, wherein the executable instructions, when executed by a processor, are configured to:
 receive patient data and image data from a patient computing device associated with a patient;   determine a geolocation of the patient computing device;   assign the patient to a referral entity based on the geolocation of the patient computing device;   provide, based on the geolocation of the patient computing device, a provider computing device associated with a provider with access to the patient data and the image data;   receive case data from the provider computing device;   generate a report based at least in part on the patient data, the image data, and the case data; and   send the report to the referral entity based on the case data.   
     
     
         20 . A system for a telemedicine platform for location-based provider screening and referral, comprising:
 at least one memory storing non-transitory computer-executable instructions;   a computing device with one or more processors for executing the non-transitory computer-executable instructions;   a patient computing device with one or more input devices and associated with a patient; and   a provider computing device associated with a provider;   wherein, when executed by the computing device, the non-transitory computer-executable instructions cause the one or more processors of the computing device to perform operations comprising:
 receiving patient data and image data from the patient computing device; 
 determining a geolocation of the patient computing device; 
 assigning the patient to a referral entity based on the geolocation of the patient computing device; 
 providing, based on the geolocation of the patient computing device, the provider computing device with access to the patient data and the image data; 
 receiving case data from the provider computing device; 
 generating a report based at least in part on the patient data, the image data, and the case data; and 
 sending the report to the referral entity based on the case data.